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People v. Spruill

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 22, 1997
245 A.D.2d 534 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)

Opinion

December 22, 1997

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.).


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that the court erred in consolidating the indictment, which charged his codefendant with witness tampering/intimidating, with the main indictment, which jointly charged the defendant and codefendant with, inter alia, burglary and attempted robbery. However, the defendant waived his right to contest this issue when he consented to the consolidation of the two indictments ( see, People v. Smalls, 213 A.D.2d 987).

The defendant asserts that the judgment must be reversed because the trial court submitted an annotated verdict sheet to the jury. However, the defense counsel was shown the verdict sheet before it was submitted to the jury and approved it by failing to object to its submission to the jury ( see, People v. Angelo, 88 N.Y.2d 217; People v. Damiano, 87 N.Y.2d 477; People v. Fecunda, 226 A.D.2d 474). Therefore, there was no error in submitting the annotated verdict sheet to the jury.

Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence ( see, CPL 470.15).

We further find that the sentence imposed was neither harsh nor excessive ( see, People v. Suitte, 90 A.D.2d 80).

The defendant's remaining contentions are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.

Miller, J. P., Sullivan, Santucci and Lerner, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

People v. Spruill

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Dec 22, 1997
245 A.D.2d 534 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
Case details for

People v. Spruill

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent v. LA-KEITH SPRUILL, Also…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Dec 22, 1997

Citations

245 A.D.2d 534 (N.Y. App. Div. 1997)
666 N.Y.S.2d 715

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